Maj. Gen. Daniel DENISON

1612 - 1682  (70 years)

• Name	Daniel DENISON  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  Prefix	Maj. Gen.
  Birth	1612	Bishop's Stortford, co. Hertford, England   [4, 5, 8]
  Christening	18 Oct 1612	St. Michael's Church, Bishop's Stortford   [4, 6]
  Gender	Male
  Birth	18 Oct 1612	Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, England   [1]
  Immigration	02 Nov 1631	To Boston on the ship "Lion" (Capt. William Pierce, Master).   [4]
  Fact	01 Apr 1634	Became a freeman   [4]
  Fact	Between 1635 and 1643	Representative   [4]
  Fact	1649	Speaker of the House   [4]
  Fact	1651	Speaker of the House   [4]
  Death	20 Sep 1682	Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts   [1]
  Death	20 Sep 1682	Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, USA   [4, 5, 8]
  Burial	Interred at the High Street burying Ground   [4]
  Notes	Daniel and Patience had two children: Jon, who married a daughter of Deputy Govn. John Symonds: and Elizabeth, who married John Rogers, president of Harvard College. He was very prominent in Massachusetts, having been Major General of Militia, Speaker of the House of Representatives, and for 29 years one of the "Assistants." He died in 1682. Excerpts from "Major-General Daniel Denison" from NEHGs: Daniel, the oldest son, was born in England in 1612. He removed from Roxbury to Newtown (Cambridge in 1632, his name being among the list of first settlers and church members. He there married Patience, the daughter of Gov. Thomas Dudley, who was at this time a resident of the place. Of the exact date of this marriage no record is now known to exist. At a general court "holden at Newtown March 4, 1634," Mr. Denison was appointed to assist in setting out the bounds of ground between "Newtowen and Rocksberry." He took the oath of freeman April 1, 1634: and under the same date the court grant him two hundred acres "all lyeing and being about the falls--easterly side of Charles River." Excerpt from Royal Families Americans of Royal and Noble Ancestry, Vol. 1, Gov. Thomas Dudley: He became a member of the Ancient and Honorable Artilery in 1660. He wrote his autobiography which included: "In the year 1645, I was made major of the Regiment of Essex, and in the year 1653 was Chosen an assistant or magistrate and about a year after was made major General and continued so for about 7 or eight years after." Daniel was elected captain of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts in 1660. When he died in 1682, Mr. Randolph said of him that he was "among the most popular and well-principled men."
  Person ID	I18416	Main Tree
  Last Modified	21 Apr 2018

  
  

  Father	William DENISON,   b. Abt 1570, Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, England d. 25 Jan 1653, Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts (Age 83 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Margaret CHANDLER,   b. England d. 23 Feb 1645, Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts
  Relationship	Birth
  Marriage	07 Nov 1603	Bishop's Stortford, Hertsfordshire, England   [5, 9]
  Family ID	F04539	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Patience DUDLEY,   b. Abt 1613, Northampton, England d. 08 Feb 1689/90, Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, USA (Age 77 years)
  Marriage	18 Oct 1632	Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA   [4, 6]
  Children	1. John DENISON,   b. 16 Jan 1639/40, Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA d. 09 Jan 1670/1, Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, USA (Age 30 years)  [Birth] + 2. Elizabeth DENISON,   b. 10 Apr 1642, Ipswich, Essex Co., Massachusetts d. 13 Jul 1723, Ipswich, Essex Co., Massachusetts (Age 81 years)  [Birth]
  Family ID	F04540	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jan 2018

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1612 - Bishop's Stortford, co. Hertford, England Birth - 18 Oct 1612 - Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, England Marriage - 18 Oct 1632 - Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Death - 20 Sep 1682 - Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S01658] A Record of the Descendants of Samuel Denison by George Burlingame Denison. [S02871] Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury Massachusetts, Vol. 1. [S01653] A Genealogical Register of the First Settlers of New England 1620-1675 by John Farmer. [S03310] Royal Families Americans of Royal and Noble Ancestry: Vol. I Governor Thomas Dudley and Desc. through 5 Generations by Marston Watson. [S00012] E. Glenn Denison, "Denison Genealogy" Ancestors and Descendants of Captain George Denison, (Name: Name: Gateway Press, Inc. Baltimore 1993;;), 63-13712. [S03453] Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, (Name: Name: NEHGS: 1995;;). [S5008] David Faris, "Plantagenet Ancestry of Seventeenth-Century Colonists", (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.). [S03537] Vital Records of Ipswich, Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849. [S02875] Old Saybrook Historical Society.